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Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2025

Filed:

Aug. 16, 2023
Applicant:

Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Michael Linley Fripp, Singapore, SG;

Mark S. Holly, Singapore, SG;

Wei Zhang, Houston, TX (US);

Aswin Balasubramanian, Spring, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 37/02 (2006.01); E21B 47/00 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 37/02 (2013.01); E21B 47/006 (2020.05);
Abstract

Disclosed herein are an apparatus, system, and method directed for an autonomous wellbore cleaner. In one embodiment, an apparatus for cleaning a wellbore, the apparatus comprising: an autonomous robot, wherein the robot is self-propelled; a power source for the robot; a motor for propelling the robot axially within the wellbore; at least one cleaning tool positioned on the robot; at least one sensor to detect an initiate-cleaning attribute downhole in the wellbore; and a processor to direct the robot to initiate a cleaning operation in response to the initiate-cleaning attribute exceeding a threshold.


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